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Taxidermy without a Teacher

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Taxidermy without a Teacher

Walter Porter Manton

41 pages~49 min read12 chapters$4.99
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No instructor, no problem: Walter Manton lays out bird skinning, mounting mammals, fishes, and reptiles, even preparing eggs and nests, for the solitary learner. A compact handbook that assumes only patience and a sharp knife. Plain and practical from the first page. For the self-taught naturalist, everything needed to begin preserving specimens at home.

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12 chapters

  1. 1TAXIDERMY WITHOUT A TEACHER COMPRISING A COMPLETE MANUAL OF INSTRUCTION FOR PREPARING AND PRESERVING BIRDS, ANIMALS AND FISHES WITH A CHAPTER ON HUNTING AND HYGIENE; INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRESERVING EGGS AND MAKING SKELETONS AND A NUMBER OF VALUABLE RECEIPTS
  2. 2CONTENTS.
  3. 3PREFACE.
  4. 4FROM THE FIRST EDITION.
  5. 5HANDBOOK OF TAXIDERMY.
  6. 6CHAPTER I. BIRD SKINNING AND MOUNTING.
  7. 7CHAPTER II. PERCHES.
  8. 8CHAPTER III. SKINNING AND MOUNTING MAMMALS.
  9. 9CHAPTER IV. SKINNING AND MOUNTING FISHES AND REPTILES.
  10. 10CHAPTER V. EGGS AND NESTS.
  11. 11CHAPTER VI. SKELETONS.
  12. 12CHAPTER VII. HUNTING AND HYGIENE.
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